Analysis

The following interactive graph describes the revenue performance of last week's Broadway shows. Try clicking on the graph and see what comes of it. This is a learning experience for me so I appreciate all feedback you can provide! Send me an email if something stands out: yb@yaakovbressler.com

Weekly Gross versus Capacity (Week of July 1, 2018

The x axis describes the percentage of occupied of seats for a production.​ A value of "80" would connote that the production full-filled 80% of their seats. A score above 100% is achieved by selling standing room.

The y axis describes the weekly gross of a production for that week's performance. This includes all sales for that week's performances, regardless of when tickets were purchased. For example, if someone purchased tickets 2 months ago for a show within this week, that sale would be included in this week's data set.

The size of each point describes total attendance of that data point for the week. Of note, the largest (grey) point describes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
​Some extra info:

I tried adding the title of each show to the individual bubble but couldn't hack it. Maybe next time...

The slope of the graph resembles an exponential function, beginning as 80% capacity. This finding is also demonstrated in other data sets I've been looking at. My goal over the next week is to calculate that equation, then summarize the contribution of decision making factors to that equation, using machine learning.